Labour Keir Starmer claims his party is in a fight for the soul of the country: Photograph: House of Commons/PA Wire
How many positions can a politician have on a single issue? For Keir Starmer the answer is: many.
The UK Labour leader has gone from vigorously opposing Brexit (position number one) to being neutral on the issue and not wanting to talk about it (position number two).
Then in the lead-up to the 2024 general election and in a bid to win back the so-called red wall (former Labour seats that voted for Brexit), he championed the country’s EU divorce, insisting “Britain’s future is outside the EU” (position number three).
Position number four, hatched in recent weeks in response to a resurgent Nigel Farage, whose Reform UK party is riding high in the polls, is to say it has been a disaster and to blame
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